Heart disease in pregnancy: maternal mortality rates

Heart disease in pregnancy: Maternal mortality rates
Low Risk: Maternal mortality rate less than one percent
1. septal defect
2. NYHA functional class 1
3. NYHA functional class 2
4. patent ductus arteriosus
5. pulmonary/ tricuspid lesions
Moderate risk: Maternal mortality rate 5-15%
1. NYHA functional class 3
2. NYHA functional class 4
3. mitral stenosis
4. Marfan's syndrome with normal aorta
5. Uncomplicated coarctation of aorta
6. past history of myocardial infarct
High risk: Maternal mortality rate 25-50%
1. Essimenger's syndrome
2. pulmonary hypertension from any cause
3. Marfan's syndrome with abnormal aortic root
4. peripartum cardiomyopathy
source; http://onyeije.net/present